Plainfield car crash victim identified

A person killed earlier today in a Plainfield accident has been identified as a 60-year-old city man, police said.

Cassell Wood Jr. died in the 4:30 p.m. crash at Hillside and Putnam Avenues, according to police.

Wood was driving south on Hillside Avenue when he failed to yield at a stop sign and his 1986 BMW collided with a 1995 Ford Escort driven by Orlando Fisher, 18, also of Plainfield, police said. Fisher was traveling east on Putnam Avenue.

Wood apparently was not wearing a seat belt, and he was ejected from his car, authorities said.